Stories by Glen Ford
Read more of Glen Ford's work at Black Agenda Report.
Posted on Dec 17, 2010, Source: Black Agenda Report
Georgia prisoners have began a courageous, peaceful and nonviolent protest strike for educational opportunities, wages for their work, medical care and human rights.
Posted on May 21, 2010, Source: Black Agenda Report
A new study shows African Americans are tumbling out of the nation's economic orbit on a tragic trajectory that will never let them achieve parity with whites.
Posted on Nov 21, 2007, Source: Black Agenda Report
Syndicated radio host Michael Baisden, eager to become kingpin of Jena Six fundraising, launched a slanderous campaign against the many black groups that don't have access to ABC Radio's mega-audience.
Posted on Nov 17, 2007, Source: Black Agenda Report
The cancer in the Caucus must be removed one cell at a time, but it requires courageous candidates backed by enough non-corporate money to go the distance.
Posted on Oct 13, 2007, Source: Black Agenda Report
Thomas is often described as a "complicated" personality, but that's just a euphemism for being a self-loathing ally of the worst sections of the white ruling class.
Posted on May 7, 2007, Source: Black Agenda Report
Corporations have been usurping and reshaping Black mass culture for decades -- hip hop is just the latest product line.
Posted on Jan 26, 2007, Source: Black Agenda Report
Rep. Maxine Waters aims to stop Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton from tip-toeing around the issue of Iraq and says it's time for them to get serious about an exit strategy.
Posted on Jan 23, 2007, Source: TomPaine.com
The State of the Union address is a farce in the face of the destruction this administration has wreaked on the nation and world.
Posted on Sep 19, 2006, Source: In These Times
Hip-hop is arguably the most potent musical force in the country today, and African-American activists are working to shape it into a political movement as well.
Posted on Jan 19, 2006, Source: The Black Commentator
The overwhelmingly black New Orleans diaspora is returning to find that their homes are being stolen out from under them.
Posted on Jan 10, 2006, Source: The Black Commentator
African Americans and whites perceived the government's failed response to Katrina in drastically different ways.
Posted on Jun 17, 2005, Source: The Black Commentator
The vast bulk of black Americans see the "apology" for what it is -- a scam, with no substantial benefits, and less good faith.
Posted on Feb 6, 2004, Source: The Black Commentator
The growing storm over Sharpton's covert alliance with rightwing Republicans is a deathblow to his actual goal: to become the recognized leader of African Americans.
Posted on Oct 9, 2003, Source: The Black Commentator
Only Dennis Kucinich and Al Sharpton appear prepared to take part in the evolving global discussion on the central issues facing humanity.
